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Social Stratification in Galdos’ “Miau” and “Misericordia”
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A five page paper looking at the way nineteenth century Spanish novelist Benito Perez Galdos depicted the dual societies of middle-class and poor in these two novels. The paper argues that Galdos presents a self-absorbed middle class entirely wrapped up in their own mundane disasters and desires; he contrasts this with a lower class who in the simplicity and hardship of their lives have still not forgotten the true meaning of existence. Bibliography lists one source.
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Social Values In Cervantes Life And Works
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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain encompassed a time of grandeur and pomposity. This 7 page paper argues that Cervantes used satire to portray the government and people of Spain as being too involved in the world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTcevsoc.rtf

Social Values in Dickens' "Great Expectations"
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A five page paper looking at the presence of social values in this classic novel by Charles Dickens. The paper also addresses literary devices such as theme, symbolism, tone, point of view, and setting. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBexpec3.wps

Social Values v Human Nature: Jane Austen
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A 7 page paper which examines “Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma,” and “Mansfield Park” by Jane Austen and discusses how her stories reflect social values v human nature. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAaustn3.rtf

Social Worlds: Austen and Dickens
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A 6 page paper which examines how Jane Austen, in Northanger Abbey, and Charles Dickens, in Oliver Twist, present their social worlds. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAscdk.rtf

Social, Cultural, Political and Economic Values in William Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” and Anne Michaels’ “Fugitive Pieces”
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A 4 page paper which examines how these values influenced the ‘truth’ of each work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGaflearfp.rtf

Socialism as Utopia
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A 5 page paper examining the differences in the societies of “Utopia” and “The Time Machine.” More’s “Utopia” can be seen as portraying advances that could occur in a society dedicated to socialist principles, Wells as exemplifying the undeterred headlong rush into capitalist advances at all costs. Neither view is plausible in reality, but each holds lessons for today’s time. Includes a sentence outline. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSlitUtopTime.rtf

Socialism, Capitalism and Upton Sinclair’s Book “The Jungle”
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This 7 page paper examines this controversial book, considering the main message that promotes socialism as the cure to the evils of capitalism. The paper considers how this idea fitted in with the American Dream and ideas of the time. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEjungle.rtf

Societal Perception of Blame in Sex Crimes
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A 5 page discussion of our societal tendency to place the blame on a woman when she becomes the victim of a sex crime. This paper pulls from Joyce Carol Oates" "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (a short story fictionalizing the real-life murders of Charles Schmid in the 1960s) and the more contemporary considerations of blame found in Ellen Goodman's "When a Woman Says No" and Susan Jacoby's "Common Decency". No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlitOa3.rtf

Societal Restrictions as Reflected in "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas" and "The Scarlet Letter"
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A 5 page discussion of the societal restrictions which resulted in the underlying desire for freedom in both of these nineteenth century books. Notes that while these societal restrictions are, perhaps, most obvious in the issues of slavery, they are present as well in "The Scarlet Letter". Described as "a penetrating dramatization of the contradictions of seventeenth-century Puritanism" this novel targets the societal restriction against the unpardonable sin of adultery and that against women stepping out of line in general. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPdougSc.wps